वैशंपायन उवाच
तयोर् दुःखितयोर् वाक्यम् अतिमात्रं निशम्य तत् ॥
भृशं दुःखपरीताङ्गी कन्या ताव् अभ्यभाषत ॥
किम् इदं भृशदुःखार्तौ रोरवीथो अनाथवत् ॥
ममापि श्रूयतां किं चिच् छ्रुत्वा च क्रियतां क्षमम् ॥
धर्मतो ऽहं परित्याज्या युवयोर् नात्र संशयः ॥
त्यक्तव्यां मां परित्यज्य त्रातं सर्वं मयैकया ॥
vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
tayor duḥkhitayor vākyam atimātraṃ niśamya tat ||
bhṛśaṃ duḥkhaparītāṅgī kanyā tāv abhyabhāṣata ||
kim idaṃ bhṛśaduḥkhārtau roravītho anāthavat ||
mamāpi śrūyatāṃ kiṃ cic chrutvā ca kriyatāṃ kṣamam ||
dharmato 'haṃ parityājyā yuvayor nātra saṃśayaḥ ||
tyaktavyāṃ māṃ parityajya trātaṃ sarvaṃ mayaikayā ||
Vaishampayana said: "Having heard those excessive words of the two grieving ones, the maiden, overcome with intense grief, said to them." The daughter said: "Why is it that you, so heavily afflicted with grief, weep as though helpless? Let something be heard from me as well, and having heard it, let what is fitting be done. By dharma I must be given away by you — there is no doubt in this; by giving me up, who am destined to be given up in any case, you will save everything through me alone."
acd5a9b491fe · प्रकाशित 12 जुल॰ 2026, 5:09:57 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Here even the young daughter raises her voice in self-sacrifice. Her fearlessness is striking: the child rebukes her parents for weeping "as though helpless" and herself offers to be given up — nobility does not wait for mature years. Her argument, too, is striking: a daughter is "given away by dharma anyway" [into her husband's house], so let her giving now serve the salvation of all. Love and self-renunciation, as seen here, do not depend on age: a pure heart is ready for sacrifice even in a child. Thus the verse shows that in this family everyone strives to give themselves for others; and through the daughter's mouth speaks the same devotion as through the mother's.